All Saints Church, Wraxall

All Saints' Church
Stone building with square tower. In the foreground are gravestones.
All Saints Church, Wraxall is located in Somerset
All Saints Church, Wraxall
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or cityWraxall, Somerset
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°26′40″N 2°44′05″W / 51.4444°N 2.7348°W / 51.4444; -2.7348
Completed14th century

All Saints' Church is the parish church in Wraxall, Somerset, England. It has been dedicated "to all the Saints". The building is surrounded by an extensive cemetery.

The present building was raised in the 14th century, with tower, clock and bells being added in later centuries. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[1]

Parish registers survive from 1562, and include examples of the baptism of enslaved black people. There are painted stone figures of Sir Edmond Gorges and his wife in the chancel. The nearby rectory was built in the 17th century.

The West Tower, is 85 feet (25.9 m) high, and contains eight bells, three of which date from 1705. The clock face was added in 1730.[2]

The large churchyard contains several monuments to the Gibbs family which owned the nearby Tyntesfield Estate, which has recently been purchased by the National Trust following the death of Baron Wraxall.

  1. ^ "All Saints Church". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
  2. ^ "Inside the church". Parish of Wraxall with Failand. Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.